Can Nicholson keep us up

DaveysBarTab · Post by **DaveysBarTab** » 02 Oct 2015, 17:31

Did i not see don o riordon missing from that article

PlainmoorB0b · Post by **PlainmoorB0b** » 04 Oct 2015, 00:17

Poor old Don was doing okay until he lost the likes of Darren Moore, Adrian Foster and had to rely upon the Mark Hawthornes of this world!

moneylife · Post by **moneylife** » 05 Oct 2015, 00:21

Id bet my life savings with anyone who is up for it. 100% we will not go down. Much more likely we fold altogether I fear

So to answer the original question, YES fu#k yeah Nico can keep us up! and hell yes he is gonna get the best out of the squad he has and improve several of them rapidly espeically as a unit in whole.

tomogull · Post by **tomogull** » 05 Oct 2015, 00:39

moneylife wrote:Id bet my life savings with anyone who is up for it. 100% we will not go down.

Before I take on your bet, how much is your life savings ??

moneylife · Post by **moneylife** » 05 Oct 2015, 00:47

£6.20

tomogull · Post by **tomogull** » 05 Oct 2015, 00:51

moneylife wrote:£6.20

Nah - I'm not risking £6.20. Bet's off. =D

chestertorkyman · Post by **chestertorkyman** » 05 Oct 2015, 01:50

Oh dear. "players should play with a smile on their faces" according to Nicho. NO. they need to play with a steely determination to win etched deeply on their faces, Have a look at the rugger buggers. Are they smiling? No, they are determined to win, and when they go behind, their determination only increases. Smiles come at the final whistle with victory. Points and wins will bring confidence. What is needed now is to make the team realise that they were not good enough, but could be, given good team choices, max effort from each player, and some decent tactics and practised set pieces which are adhered to.
PS Rodgers for Assistant Manager?

+Gdog8 · Post by **+Gdog8** » 05 Oct 2015, 20:27

No way Nicholson can keep is up !!!! We are a ship that is sinking at a slow rate

Added in 4 hours 14 minutes 52 seconds:
Tough task will need some assistance pritty sharp, if young was captain last year why can't he help Nicholson in the dugout , injured and not doing a lot just a thought cheap option as he's getting paid anyway

Burnhamgull · Post by **Burnhamgull** » 05 Oct 2015, 23:20

First of all we have to remember it's only early October and there's a lot of points still up for grabs. When Nico was appointed, rather like when Hargreaves got the gig, I was unimpressed....

However, we are not in a position to be bringing a "name" manager in so Nico is the best we could hope for. He probably hasn't got a bulging contact book but building relations with Bristol City would be a good shout seeing as they're much further up the ladder but only 2 hours away. They must have some promising youngsters looking for first team action.

Appointing McDonald as captain could be a good move and hopefully it will calm him down now he has new found responsibility. Hurst needs to adjust to a new role of right sided midfielder in a 4-4-2 formation and Nico needs to accept he can no longer cut it and stay on the sidelines.

Can Nico keep us up? Yes I think he can but it will be ugly, we'll probably scrape survival and then the real games begin because anything similar to this next year will not be acceptable. A clear vision needs to be outlined.

Burnhamgull · Post by **Burnhamgull** » 29 Oct 2016, 20:30

Deja Vu?

nickbrod · Post by **nickbrod** » 29 Oct 2016, 20:45

Simple answer is 'no'. He can't manage the players he's got.

Burnhamgull · Post by **Burnhamgull** » 29 Oct 2016, 20:49

I agree. It's just disappointing to read my post from 12 months ago and see nothing has changed.

Orange Gull · Post by **Orange Gull** » 29 Oct 2016, 20:54

At the moment, no. The squad is not as good as last season as we all know but if our money concerns continue on their downward spiral then I can see a few players being let go. Players like Moore and Young deserve better than this.

Post by **Gulliball** » 29 Oct 2016, 21:02

He's the best manager we will get.

No-one else will work for nothing, work with nothing and drive the bus to away games. If you want proof then Paul Cox left by September and straight into a better job elsewhere.

Kevin Nicholson is doing an incredible job - we have eleven good players starting every week and are reaching into the community. With the conditions he has to work with that's as good as it gets.

If I were to list the absolute very LAST thing I would change about TUFC it would be Kevin Nicholson. We are a shambles off the pitch and he's putting up with far more than any manager should do. Last season he saved us and this season we are only slightly, extremely marginally, under par. The problems are very clearly and obviously coming from off the pitch, which impacts on the pitch but you can't blame the on pitch staff for that. Especially when they're giving it their all and well beyond their job descriptions purely for our benefit.

Absolutelythirdrate · Post by **Absolutelythirdrate** » 29 Oct 2016, 21:10

On that performance today no he can't keep us up. Regardless of the off field shambles, they simply aren't good enough. It was pathetic today, no other word for it.

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